Printed textile fabric.



E. W. STIFEL.

PRINTED TEXTILE FABRIG.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.10,1914,

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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State of wet Vii? UEITEE) STATEFS PATENT memos EDXVAE-F! \V. STIFEL, 0F NHEEIJNG, WEST "IRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO J. L. STIFEL & SONS, OF VIHEELING, WEST- VIRGINIA, A FIRM.

PRINTED TEXTILE FABRIC.

Specification of Letters 22itent. Patented N 1914 Application filed February 1a, 1914 Serial No. $7,817.

To all whom.- it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD WV. STIFEL, a citizen of-theUnited' Statesof America, and resident of ---W'heeling, countfy of Ohio, and

iniayha-ve invented certa'innew and us'ei'i Improvements'irr 'Printed 'lextile Fahricsfof which the following is tr specification 1 f- 'l his invention relates broadly .to printed teivtile fabrics,-and=it{has for -its. primaryobjeet to providea textile fabric having printed thereon figures or designs -=which simulate inappearance like figures or designsformed by '-Weavii1g in, the fabric threads -'-ofa color or shade different from that of the fabric body.

-A'further-objeetfis'to provide a woven textile fzibricwhich has printed thereon in. a. color -contrastin with that of the fabric body--.stripes -0r' ligures composed o---f ine broken-line's or dots which=present the-rippearanee 0f scatte'redthreadsof said contrasting-colorinterwoven i'n'thefabric. 'With these and other objects in view, the invention-resides'in the features which will hereinafter-be fully described, reference being had} to the -aecompany'ing drawings, fpr'ming a; part Of' this specification, in

Figure l is aplan view of a. highly magni fied portion of -a. printed fabric-embodying my invention m g-2 is 3 section on the'line 2 2, Fig; 1; and-f-Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, unmagnified, the twill on the surface ofthe fabric not being shown.

In said drawing s,- like designating characters distinguish like parts throughout the severalviews.

The material employed is a drilling, denim or other fabric wherein, in weaving; the Weft threads are passed over one and under twoor-more warp threads, producing a. diagonally ribbed orvtwilled surface.

To tproduce'a' design or figure, as the stripes A,'-on the iabric B, which latteris preferably of solid color so that said design or figure presents the appearan'oe of havin been-formed by :weavingin the *fabric threads ot a color eohtrastingwith the solid colo'iy a series of find lines C ofi-sa'id contrasting color-isap'plied 'to the t'willed sur' face, said lines being disposed parallel to each other and at an angle, or 'diagonal, to the twills 'lri iting .rol-ls-ofzi common type are employed for applying said contrasting color in the fabric. Said rolls have broken printing lines provided thereon,

said lines being-composed of short -l-i-nes-'or dots of'irre'gular length. I I i the fabric; said. printing lines lightlybontziet \vit-hthe tw'illed"surfnee enga 'n mast part only -the tops Or-elersxte'igSiM fifiES 0fthe twills; leeving the grooves-owvirlloy s E between saidtwills' unt'ouched capersoccasional points- Thus, short broken .iiin't ed lines or new a of the-contrastingflwlor are presented on the surface of thei fabt ie, saidbroken lines or dots. being mainly upon the elevated surfaces ct -the tw-ills, as shown in Figs. 1 and -2',-laltli01igh When applied to no for tlio theremayqbe found an-occasional-eonhnuoiis line, as-- a, extending 'across two or In tw lls and the inte'rvening-velleys-E; Jet-s. 1'

fyingglass, the printed lines presents-the rough and ragged a-ppeamn d pict dk,

Examined under ii -microscope Or-'ma'gniR lfi g; 1 but, viewed with the =uaked eye? the lines ap'pear asshown-i n- Eigfmmd simulii-to q uite elosely scattered; threads ofi the :1- trastingcolor -inter'woven with thdjthreztds of thersolid'color fiabrie 'lhissimulhh'on ca n only be'obtai'ned by having the pri'ntin linesvofl the printing roll apply thezjprintef lines in a -direction -trii.n'sverse,-or"dia'goria;l, 5

to the twill o'f'the fabrics'o'th'at the lastini'e'ntioned lines Will-be-broken.fA dispositionof f the lines on the fabric parallel, orslib'stan tinlly=parnllel, to the twill results in th'e'-p'ro-- ductionofa mottled or' wavy effect-ins ead of the weavesimulating etlect-"soughh this being due-to the fact thirt the printing. lines of the printing rolls quite as often fai in the groovesori valleys-E as upon the twills of the fabric, in which position the printing'material, if applied at all, is applied too lightly." In other words,when the printing lines'are aipplied parallel to the twill it is impossible'uto' have themfell upon the top surface the twi11s-with such regularity as to produce the desiredresult.; For'-zi like reason,- the printing line's are-ulsodisposed across-.or diir'goxiel wvith-respect to, twist ilU 2. As an article of manufacture, a textile fabric having a twilled surface and having fine broken lines of a contrasting color applied to the twills by printing, said lines ex-' tending in a direction across said twills and the twist threads.

3. A textile fabric having a twilled surface and having designs or figures printed thereon in simulation of woven designs or figures, said designs or figures being formed of fine broken lines applied across the elerated portions of the twills and across the twist threads.

A textile fabric having a twilled surface and having designs or figures rinted thereonin simulation of woven designs or figures, said designs or figures being formed of arseries of fine broken parallel lines disposed transverse both with respect to the twills, and to the twist threads which lines 20 the valleys interven= ed lint in a color contrasting with that of 25 the fabric body dis'posed upon'the elevated portions of the twills to simulate Scattered threads of the contrasting color interwoven in the fabric, said lines extending in a direction transverse both with respect to the twills and to the twist threads and arranged to form a figure of predetermined design;

In testimon whereof, I affix niy signature in presence 0 two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD W. STIFEL.

\Vitnesses:

DANIEL F. EBBERT, FRANK W. HANNAN. 

